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FZNT25 KNHC 280940
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
540 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 2015

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT CONTINUES FROM THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND REGION TO THE CENTRAL GULF NEAR 22.5N90W TO
23.5N96.5W...AND WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH SAT MORNING.
ACTIVE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND E OF THE FRONT. TROPICAL
STORM ERIKA ACROSS THE NE CARIBBEAN IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE OFF OF
N HISPANIOLA LATE TONIGHT AND APPROACH SOUTH FLORIDA LATE
SUNDAY...THEN CONTINUE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
MON AND TUE. ERIKA MAY STILL IMPACT THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF AND
PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN GULF SUN THROUGH TUE AND LOCAL INTERESTS
SHOULD CLOSELY FOLLOW THE PROGRESS OF ERIKA. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO 3 FT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE TO E WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N TO NE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NW TO N WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ERIKA NEAR 17.7N 67.7W 1006 MB AT
5 AM MOVING W-NW OR 290 DEG AT 15 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. ERIKA WILL CONTINUE W-NW AND ACROSS
HISPANIOLA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND THEN EMERGE ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC REACHING NEAR 20.5N72.9W LATE TONIGHT...THEN MOVE NW
BETWEEN CUBA AND THE BAHAMAS...REACHING NEAR 23.2N78.1W LATE SAT
NIGHT THEN APPROACH EXTREME S FLORIDA SUN NIGHT...MOVING
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA MON AND TUE WHILE
WEAKENING. ONLY MODEST FLUCTUATIONS IN THE STRENGTH OF ERIKA ARE
CURRENTLY EXPECTED THROUGH SUN.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR
LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. CHANCE OF TSTMS. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E TO SE WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...BECOMING E 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E TO SE WINDS
35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 9 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S OF 27N...E TO SE
WINDS 40 TO 50 KT. N OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 40 TO 45 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT S OF
27N...AND 4 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 8 FT.